Convertible porch-swing and couch



c. A. NEISWENDER AND w. c. WENTHE. CONVERTIBLE PORCH SWING AND COUCH.APPLICATION FILED MAY 2. 1919. 1 396,774. Patented Nov. 15, 1921.

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T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it knownthat we, CHARLES A. NEIS 'WENDER and WILLIAM C. VVENTHE,citizens of the United States, residing atvTopeka, in the county ofShawnee and State of Kansas,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in ConvertiblePorch-Swings andCouches, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in combined porch swin an objectof the invention is to provide a porch swing, in which end. members arehingedly connected to the seat portion thereof for movement intoadjusted angular positions with respect to the seat to convert the swinginto a couch andfurther to providel abutment members which areadjustably carried by the end members of the swing and are adapted forengagement against the ends of the seat portion to maintain these hingedend portionsin adjusted positions, such as. one of them extending at anobtuse angle with respect to the seat toform a pillow support for ausers head,

whilethe other end portion may besubstantially parallel to the seatportion.

Another object ofthe invention is to provide in a convertible porchswing and couch as specified, notches orrecesses in the ends of the armrests of the end members which receive therein chains or flexiblesuspending means oftheswing, for maintaining the end members in verticalpositions.

A stillfurther objectoftheinvention is to provide a. convertibleporchswing and couch as specified, which may be readily knocked down ortaken apart, for packing, storage or shipping, the end members and backrest being connected to the seat by means of bolts and wing nuts,whereby by the removal of the wing nuts, the various sections may bedisconnected and packed in abutting engagement with each otherto providea compact structure, l

Other objects of the i vention will appear in the following detaileddescription, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, forminga part of this specification,

and, in which drawings: 7 Figure 1 is a perspective view of: theimproved convertible porch swing and couch showing the end members invertical posinone and the device adjusted asa porch Swing. Fig. 2 is aperspective vlew of the conand couches, and

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Specification of Letters Patent. Patented N 15, 1921. Application filedMay 2, 1919. Serial No. 294,208. i

vertible porch swing and couch showing the end members adjusted toprovide a couch.

the convertible porch swing and couch when the end members are adjustedas illustrated in Fig. 1. j

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary longitudinal sectlon through one end member andadjacent end portion of theseat showing the end member in horizontalposition, and

Fig. 5 is a fragmentaryview illustrating one of the end members in anangularly adjusted position to form a pillow rest or support.

referring more particularly to the drawings, 10 indicates the seatportion of the convertible swing and couch whichis made up in the usualmanner-of constructing the seat portion of porch swings, namelycomprising end members or bars 11 and a front bar or riser 12 to theupper edges of which the seat slats 13 are attached. The back rest 1 1is also constructed in the usual manner of forming back rests for porchswings, it comprising upper and lower longitudinally extending bars 15and end bars 16. Slate or boards 17 are attachedto extend between thelongitudinalbars or boards 15. However this particular construction, andthe particular construction of the seat forms no part of thepresentinvention, and it is to be unden stood that the back rest. may bemade in any approved manner without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

The nd bars 16 of j extend downwardly below the lower longi tudinal bar15 and their lower ends are seated in recessesiormed in the inner sidestructure 14 are also connected to the end member supporting strips 18by means of bolts 21 and wing nuts 22, to permit the ready disconnectionof these members when it is desired to collapse the swing structure forstorage or shipment.

The end members 23 and 24 of theswing arehingedly connected, by means ofhinges 25 to their supporting strips 18 in such is a vertical crosssection through the back rest structure 1 manner as to allow the saidend members to-be swung outwardly into inclined or horizontal positionsas shown in Figs. 2, 4t and 5 of the drawings. Abutment members areconnected to the uprights or side rails 26 of each of the end members 23and 24, by means of bolts 27 which extend through slots 28 formed in theuprights 26, permitting slidable movement of the abutment members uponthe end members, for regulating the engagement of the abutment memberswith the outer edges of the strips 18, for supporting'the end members inadjusted positions. For example, when'it is desired to support one ofthe end members at an oblique angle with respect to the seat 10, for thepurpose of supporting a pillow or forming a head rest, the abutmentmembers upon the said member are adjusted, so that their inner ends willproject beyond or below the innerend of the end 'members; thus when theend member is swung outwardly upon its hinged connection with the strips18, the inclined surface'29 of the abutment members which are carried'bythe said end member will engage against the outer surface of thesupporting strip 18 and form a surface contact withthe supporting strip18 to support the and suitable justed position. However,

hinged end members in their angularly adwhen it is desired to supportthe hinged end member in a horizontal position, the abutment members 25carried thereby, are moved longitudinally so that their lower ends willbe substantially flush with the lower ends of the end mem ber; thus whenthe end member is lowered into a horizontal position, as shown attheright in Fig. 2 and in Fig. 4, the flat surface '30 on the lower ends ofthe abutment members will engageagainst the outer side of the supportingstrip 18, forming surface contact therewith for supporting the said endmember in a horizontal position;

, Wing nuts 31 are mounted upon the bolts 27 forholding. them inadjusted positions, washers or collars 32 are mounted in the abutmentmembers to prevent mutilation of the said abutment members by adjustmentof the wing nuts 31.

The convertible porch swing and couch is suspended, by the usual form ofchains or analogous flexible members indicated at 32 and these'chains orflexible members are connected, through the medium of eye bolts 33 withthe end supporting strips 18, one at each end of each of the supportingstrips as clearly shown in the drawings. The arm rests 33 of the endmembers are provided with concaved portions orrecesses as shown at 34 intheir GIIClS'WhICh are adapted to receivethe chains or flexible supports32 therein, to maintain theendmembers 23 and 24: in upright .or verticalpositions against accidental outward and, downward swmgmg'movement, Thearm rests 33 are also provided with notches 35 in their inner edgeswhich engage over the end strips 16 of the back rest 14 when the endmembers are in upright or vertical positions, thus securely connectingand bracing all of the parts of the swing.

Changes in details may be made without departing from the spirit of thisinvention, but;

I claim:

1. In a convertible porch swing and couch, the combination of a seat,transverse end bars rigid therewith, end members hingcdly connected tothe said end bars of said seat, means for retaining said end members inan upright position with respect to said seat, and abutment memberscarried by said hinged end members for engagement against the end barsto support said end member when swung to another position, with respectto said seat, independent of said first mentioned means.

2. In a convertible porch swing and couch, the combination, of a seat,end members hingedly connected to the seat, and abutment membersadjustably carried by the hinged ends, said abutment members adapted tobe adjusted to present different surfaces for engagement against theends of said seat to support the end members in various adjustedpositions.

3. In a convertible porch swing and couch, the combination, of a seat,end members hingedly connected to said seat, abutment members adjustablycarried by said end members, said abutment members having angularlydisposed fiat portions on their lower ends adapted for engagementagainst the ends of the seat to support said end members in adjustedpositions.

4. In a convertible porch swing and couch, the combination, of a seat,end members hingedly connected to said seat in a manner to swingoutwardly from the ends thereof, abutment members adjustably carried bysaid end members, said abutment members having angularly disposed flatportions on their lower ends adapted for engagement against the ends ofthe seat to support said end members in adjusted positions, suspendingchains for said swing, said end members including arm rests havingrecesses in their ends for engaging said chains to maintain the endmembers in vertical position.

5. In a convertible porch swing and couch, the combination, of a seat,end members hingedly connected to the seat in a manner to swingoutwardly from the ends thereof, abutment members carried by the hingedends for engagement against the ends of the seat to support said hingedend members in various adjusted positions with respect to the seat, armrests upon said end members and having recesses in their ends, andsuspending chains for said swing, said chains chains for said swing, andarm rests carried by the upper portions of said end members, said armrests having recesses in their ends for engaging said chains to maintainthe end members upright.

7 In a convertible porch swing and couch, the combination, of a seat,supporting strips detachably connected tothe ends of said seat, a backrest detachably connected to said strips, suspending chains for saidswing detachably connected to said strips one at each end of each strip,and end members hingedly connected to said supporting strips, abutmentmembers adjustably connected to said end members for slidable movementwith respect to the end members, said abutment members ada ted tobeadjusted to present difierent sur aces for engagement against theends'of said seat to support the end members in various adj ustedpositions.

8. In a porch swing, the combination of a seat having transverse endbars, a back rest, end members having bars at their lower portions,flexible members connected with the bars of said end members forsupporting the swing, means detachably connecting the lower portion ofsaid back rest to said bars of said endmembers, and means de tachablyconnecting said end bars of said seat to the said bars of said endmembers.

9. In a porch swing, the combination of a seat having transverse endbars, a back rest, end members having bars at their lower portions,flexible members connected with the bars of said end members for supporting the swing, means detachably connecting the said end bars of saidseat to the said bars of said end members, and means detachablyconnecting the lower portion of said back rest to said bars of said endmembers'with the lower end portion of the back rest engaging the ends ofthe bars of said seat.

CHARLES A. NEISWENDER. WILLIAM C. WENTHE.

